Collection, ca. 1908-1997, of photographic prints (b and w) made from cyanotype, sepia tone, and black & white photographs in a scrapbook and photocopies of newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, documents, and scrapbook material relating to the Wright Brothers glider flights with British aviator Alexander Ogilvie at Kitty Hawk, N.C., ca. 1911, compiled by Alpheus W. Drinkwater (1875-1962), a telegrapher and correspondent for The Associate Press in Manteo, NC, who was famed for relaying the news of the Wright Brothers's first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903. Some of the material also pertains to Alpheus Drinkwater's life.
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March 6, 2001 (unprocessed), 1 Container, 145 items, 0.3 cubic feet; Collection, ca. 1908-1997, of photographic prints (b & w) made from cyanotype, septia tone, and black & white photographs in a scrapbook & photocopies of newspaper & magazine clippings, letters, documents, & scrapbook material relating to the Wright Brothers's 1911 glider flights with British aviator Alexander Ogilvie at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and to Alpheus W. Drinkwater (1875-1962), a telegrapher and correspondent for The Associate Press in Manteo, NC who was famed for relaying the news of the Wright Brothers's first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17, 1903. Donor: Mrs. John L. (Marguerite) Booth and sons John Lee Booth, Jr., and Robert Allen Booth.
February 11, 2003 (unprocessed addition 1), 27 items, 0.063 cubic feet; Collection (2003) of digitized reproductions of 23 photographic prints (18 cyanotype and 5 sepia) on 1 compact disc, scanned at 300 dpi, primarily of the Wright Brothers and British aviator Alexander Ogilvie test flying gliders at Kitty Hawk, N.C.,ca. 1911, copied from a scrapbook presented to A. W. Drinkwater by Van Ness Harwood of the New York World newspaper. (300 dpi Maxell compact disc #J410G4107143108D20); Thumbnail print inventory; and compact discs with selected Wright Brothers images scanned at 600 dpi. (600 dpi Maxell CD #1: #J410G4107143059C20 = P-805/1-7, 17; Maxell CD #2: #J410G4107143069D20 = P-805/1, 8-16, 22, 24-25). Donor: Mrs. John L. (Marguerite) Booth and sons John Lee Booth, Jr., and Robert Allen Booth.
August 30, 2012 (unprocessed addition 2), 1 item, 0.001 cubic feet; Typescript of the "Ballad to Drinkwater" written by Dick Jordan. Donor was given this document by Marguerite Drinkwater Booth (daughter of Alpheus W. Drinkwater). Donor: Lorraine Robinson.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mrs. John L. (Marguerite) Booth and sons John Lee Booth, Jr., and Robert Allen Booth
Gift of Lorraine Robinson
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